JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia’s largest party has officially expelled former President Joko Widodo after he spurned the party’s own candidate in February elections and backed Prabowo Subianto’s successful campaign to become leader of South-East Asia’s biggest economy. Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Chairwoman, known as PDI-P, Megawati Soekarnoputri made the decision to expel Jokowi, as the former...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unexpectedly resigned on Monday over a policy clash with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, dismissing his plans for increased spending as "political gimmicks". Freeland quit just hours before she was due to present a fall economic update to parliament, a document widely expected to show the minority Liberal government had...
SINGAPORE: Authorities in Singapore do not have sufficient evidence that a Singapore-based Chinese fugitive who was arrested in Indonesia had committed money-laundering offences, the local police said, explaining why his detention occurred in Batam rather than within the city state. The police’s comments were in reference to the case of Yan Zhenxing, a Chinese national in...
SEOUL: South Korea is urging tourists to continue visiting the East Asian country, as also actively engaging with foreign governments regarding the safety of tour groups following political tensions triggered by a failed martial law attempt. "There is a slight concern that tourist arrivals may decline next year,” Culture Minister Yu In-Chon said in an interview...
The former Fox News employee is a mom. Learn all about her family, here. Kimberly Guilfoyle has established herself as a successful media personality, but her most important role is being a mom. In 2024, the former Fox News employee celebrated Mother’s Day by sharing an Instagram post dedicated to her son, Ronan. “Happy Mother’s Day. Ronan, I...
TOKYO: A Japanese court ruled Thursday (Dec 12) that the young widow of an elderly real estate mogul was not guilty of murdering the self-described "Don Juan" just months into their marriage, local media reported. Jiji Press and other local outlets said Saki Sudo, now 28, was acquitted by a district court in western Japan, which...
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's conservative-led government said on Friday it is offering Syrian refugees a "return bonus" of 1,000 euros ($1,050) to move back to their home country after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer reacted quickly to Assad's overthrow on Sunday, saying the same day that the security situation in Syria should...
There was more to the shocking Golden Bachelor divorce than met the eye. Gerry Turner, who charmed all ages as the ABC franchise's elder star, has cancer and he says that's what cut short his marriage to final rose recipient Theresa Nist. The 72-year-old revealed to People on Tuesday that early in their marriage he was...
KUALA LUMPUR: The tariff change in palm oil import duty by India is a "temporary challenge" for Malaysia's resilience and the competitiveness of its palm oil export, says the Plantation and Commodities Ministry. "From experience, these tariff changes are usually temporary, and their impact on Malaysian palm oil... is only short-term," it said in a parliamentary...
BEIJING: A live-streamer in China mimicked national track and field athlete Wu Yanni and performed provocative dances for profit, sparking a heated online debate. Videos by Douyin influencer @xiaoyu, who has over 4,000 followers, went viral and topped the Weibo trending list on December 5. The controversial videos feature her wearing make-up and styling her hair to...
